A Different Summer: Finding Equanimity

This summer felt different.
While many are away on vacation, I’ve stayed – working on growing my coaching practice, learning new things every day, and facing challenges that stretch me in new directions.

And yet, even in the middle of this effort, I’ve been practicing something else: slowing down.

I’m learning to pause when my mind races into the future.
To breathe when worries feel tight.
To notice the quiet beauty of a moment – like working in the grass at sunset, surrounded by stillness.

I’ve come to see that not every season is about harvesting. Some seasons are about planting seeds, nurturing resilience, and trusting the process.

My Word of the Moment: Equanimity

A word I first came across years ago has taken root in me more deeply this year: Equanimity.

Calmness under pressure.
Peace without passivity.
The ability to breathe, even when everything feels tight.

At first it was just a beautiful concept, something I admired from a distance. But over time, and especially this summer, it has become a way of living – a reminder that balance doesn’t mean avoiding challenges, but meeting them with presence and perspective.

What ties these reflections together is awareness.
Awareness of the pace I choose.
Awareness of the worries I can let go of, and the moments I can savor.
Awareness that equanimity isn’t something you wait for – it’s something you practice, right here, in the middle of real life.

How do you create moments of balance and calm in your own busy seasons?